Closing Islamic branches of Qatari commercial banks

The Qatari Central Bank , has recently announced its decision in relation to closing the “Islamic banking windows” of commercial banks. It is too early to foresee the impact of this decision on the Qatari banking sector and existing costumers of commercial banks which provide Islamic banking products.
According to a memo issued by the QCB following its decision, all commercial banks which have Islamic branches have been requested to stop opening new Islamic branches, accepting Islamic deposits and dispensing new Islamic finance operations……………………………………….Full Article: Source